Kissa Tanto

Michelin honours Kissa Tanto’s Fraser Crawford

November 25, 2024 No Comments

Fraser Crawford captures Kissa Tanto’s Tokyo jazz lounge vibe in a glass. Hakan Burcuoglu photo

Congratulations to Fraser Crawford! The bar manager at Kissa Tanto has just been named the winner of the 2024 Michelin Guide Vancouver Exceptional Cocktails Award, adding even more lustre to the Chinatown restaurant’s glittering star.

The Alchemist

You go, girl

April 28, 2017 No Comments

Sexual harassment, Speed Rack and the realities of being a woman bartender

Ada Coleman, head bartender of The American Bar at the Savoy in London from 1903 to 1926. Contributed photo

You’ve come a long way, baby – or have you?